So the Ukies have started it. They're training UGV drone teams to do ground assaults. First the quadrotored hellspawns came and made mechanized war footage extremely sparse, now the UGV drones will come and take the infantry footage.As the source says: >"The "Khartiia" Army Corps a of Ukraine's National Guard training for fully robotic assault tactics against frontline positions using ground drones armed with Browning M2 machine guns, without any infantry involvement."Thoughts? I guess 3 M2's with "legs" and hair camouflage is a pretty fucking formidable force to charge a trench with, but situational awareness & effectiveness in groups is to be seen.Whatever the case may be on usefulness, I for one will be looking forward to the first unmanned trench assault footage. (With hilarious music at high res: https://xcancel.com/bayraktar_1love/status/2067285121133072749)
Hopefully these things are going to get backed up by fpv drones as well as having a few of these things equipped with rockets/atgms
>>65247402>Hopefully these things are going to get backed up by fpv drones as well as having a few of these things equipped with rockets/atgmsI'm quite sure that one of the premiere drone units will in fact have some drones and be capable of coordinated combined-arms drone operations.
>>65247348>no GMG versionWake up when its here.
>>65247348So these are the HATO terminators we were warned about.
>>65247402I mean, if infantry assaults are supported by them, why the the hell not unmanned ones? Doubt they'll stop now.I'm sure a discreet TOW can be mounted to a model of these, that'd fill the role nicely. Or Kornet if TOW unavailable
>>65247402obviously, combined unmaned systems warfare
>stop being silly anon real War is nothing like video-games>the real war:
>>65247348But how will they stop them from being droned just like every other vehicle? The big benefit here is no human loss although your robots will be a lot more inept at combat than an infanteryman. I can see you arguing that that tradeoff is worth it especially for an army facing manpower shortages, but again how do we give these any form of survivability? They are just standing ducks for everything outside of lucky jukes.
>>65247588with their own drones and by shooting them
Even if they are not that effective, its going to be a cheap way to drain russian supplies at the front line.
>>65247588But even then, if you can send a wave of UGV's ahead of the Real Men to soak up all the FPV drones since they can't ignore the UGVs assaulting their trench, maybe that's a trade worth making in Ukies calculus? You'll still need to send the infantry to clean all the nooks and crannies of the bitch. Though, being the brains of the USSR, they'll probably figure out how to shit out these UGVs just like they do other drones and then we'll see just waves of UGVs.
>>65247637Could be a great way to bait drone operators to revival themselves.
>>65247647Most definitely, scouts up the ass in the zigger rear's air and then throw some waves of somewhat disposable UGVs (since they really do seem to have a fuck ton of these already, though mostly unarmed) at a trench and see what pops up. Tough job to do with infantry, but with drones, everything is possible. We're talking, at a very conservative estimate, $500,000, in drones to get a zigger drone team? Sounds like a good deal.
>>65247348>mfw duskers but in trenches instead of space ships>mfw doorkickers but realtime with ugvsi am hard as diamonds, the future shall ensure EVERY type of gamer gets to have fun
>>65247665>FPV guys get to have fun>Tank autism enjoyers get to have fun>Mechfags get to have fun>Shitty camping goes awayThe future is brighter than ever.
>>65247665>the future shall ensure EVERY type of gamer gets to have funBut what if I exclusively play H-RPGs?
>>65247671In the end, the nerds always win.
>>65247674You can still get your bum touched by the Crests.
>>65247570>literally dodge-rolled an FPV witha quad UGVIt's cool, but I still want out of the clown timeline.
>>65247674interactive story rape bots for the survivors, so they don't miss home before prisoner swap
>>65247709Too bad, put down the AR and pick up a radio controller
>>65247709Already outperforming the average zigger.
>>65247671RTS guys get to command semi-autonomous drone swarms.Factorio/Satisfactory/"X Engineers" players get to design drones and drone factories.Paradox players get to argue over how the government and economy should be run.
>>65247674Intercontinental Ballistic Hyper Weapons.
>>65247909>lets take a look at anon's drone factory>pic rel
>>65247909>Counter-Strike nerds get Boston Dynamics Atlas robot assault drones>Sniper specific nerds get extra long duration hunter-killer infiltration drones, I'm thinking a gun snake, that slithers to its target maybe charges up a little with solar panels, then once at target, gets rigid to form a gun and shoot
Humans on the battlefield as a concept is pretty much over. Whoever has the biggest robot manufacting base will win. And that’s not the USA since they don’t have shit for manufacturing anymore.
>>65248062USA could dial up manufacturing, but they don't have the raw materials. The main reason USA is completely incompetitive on the cheap drone market is lack of magnets. Right now everyone else buys (most notably both sides of the Ukraine war) from chinks, but USA is developing domestic supply chains for the long term.
>>65247921Shouldn't have hired the satisfactory scrub.Put 10k SPM megabase in the job requirements next time.
>>65248079>USA could dial up manufacturing, but they don't have the raw materialsIts more like the us doesn't want to drive down prices. The US could absolutely dial up manufacturing for defense related items, but the people in charge of the related industries would rather keep prices as high as they are now
>>65247348What is..... Rpg.
>>65247588Ukraine generally attempts to establish local drone superiority before conducting offensive action
>>65248103It's funny when you have to excuse things somehow and you immediately go for corruption or incompetence.When in reality it's neither of those. It's simply just the physical lack of materials. USA does not have the neodymium supply chains to mass manufacture cheap prop drones without being reliant on China like every major drone player.
>>65247348these things don't look like they can take more than a few rifle hits. or have the agility to avoid getting flanked.if these things are successful with zero infantry then I'd assume it's because ziggers have piss poor moral and will stay suppressed at the sound of a MG firing in their general direction.
>>65248136>US doesn't have the metalsNo, the US isn't mining the metals. Let the bugs strip mine their shit and firesale their strategic resources for as long as they want.https://www.mining.com/u-s-critical-materials-unveils-highest-grade-neodymium-deposit-in-the-us/
>>65248170God, you're dumber than a sack of rocks.Leave the retarded greentext implications out if you are trying to post in good faith.I never said that. I specifically said something to the opposite effect: USA is develing its own domestic supply chains. Which implies they have the stuff, they're just behind China in commercializing it at a scale.I'll add that USA has been working on establishing their own rare earth supply chains for a long time, it isn't something that was spurred by the sudden emergence of mass drone warfare.
>>65247348>Think FPV drones ruined war?No. Just another new weapon, which will be effective in some circumstances, but can be defended against pretty well in others.It's the cycle of war and technology.>>65247414One of those robot dogs with a GMG would be pretty gnarly I suppose, but I don't trust a robot to not be really retarded if you give it operational autonomy, so maybe an actual soldier should man its gun when it's go-time.
>>65247709Blame putting for putting us in this timeline. God gave his greatest clown the toughest battle for a reason anon.
>>65248062lollmao
>>65248136That's being worked on, because rare earth minerals are too profitable and useful by themselves.
Imagine getting killed by a RC car with a gun
>>65249308>Imagine getting killed by a RC car with a gunImagine getting killed for banan
>>65247348One step closer to the glorious peewee
>>65247665Patrician taste, but what the fuck is that interface?
>>65247348>So the Ukies have started it. They're training UGV drone teams to do ground assaults.didnt russia had uran in syria back in the good ol 2016?
>>65249641yeah, and it sucked. Constantly broke down and the guys that were around it were afraid to be near it because of how often it fucked up
>>65247588>your robots will be a lot more inept at combat than an infanterymanLel. Imagine you have a battalion of these. Imagine them marching forward on a broad front, day and night, 24/7, without pausinh to eat, sleep, rest. Imagine a flying drone dropshipping a replacement ground drone in place if it is destroyed or damage. War would no longer sleep.
>>65247348lame, I want Ferrets
>>65248062>le deindustrialisation meme againLol seething.
>>65248136You stupid nigger the US has all the natural resources they need within their borders, they just don't deforest strip mine Maine for lithium.
>>65248222>It's simply just the physical lack of materialsYour own words disagree with you idiot
>>65249602Based and COREpilled
>>65250117This is an ARM UNIT YOU CORE CUNT
>>65247348Meat wave is still the wave of future.>>65250117Mean ARMpilled?
>>6524809910K SPM is fucking weak in the days of Space Age
>>65249713>24/7, without pausinh to eat, sleep, rest.They still need maintenance and supplies, dummy
>>65248222Develing?
>>65247414surely its only a matter of time, that seems like a really obvious move
>>65247570OUT FUCKING SKILLED
>>65247570war but it's mostly just drones vs drones in no man's land until one side runs out of moneythink of how many lives could be saved
>>65247709>there seems to be some mistake, I thought I was going to be assault infantry>PILOT THE FUCKING DRONE!
>>65250547>Nooks too costly>Modern total war too dangerous for the global economy>Everyone just agrees to burn money in dick measuring drone fightsWe Battletech now
>>65250547>battle bots on an international scalewas this secretly the best timeline all along?
>>65250292It's not meant to be a high bar, just a basic competency filter
>>65250292>>65250650My factory only has 90 spm. How do you guys even get the resources to maintain a 1000 spm base?
>>65248099>10k SPMFor the starterbase, right?>megabaseAnon, I...
>>65247570>watch black and white war movies with dad all the time>playing vidya on my SNES>>one day son, wars will be fought like your video games, with men controlling robots miles from action>>haha yeah right dadDamn...
>>65249613Duskers 2, the trailer just got teased. Apparently the new focus will be on rescuing human survivors but of course what everyone really wants is multiplayer this time around.>>65247674They'll use you as target practice, dawg.>>65247909Zachtronics guys? They get to play Solitaire.
>>65247348pretty cool they look disposable and the ukraine war isn't very urban so if they get stuck or damaged who caresand their range should be goodit solves the main issues with UGVs>>65247588you don't but it doesn't matter since the stakes involved in losing one is 0
>>65250547I KNOW this is the premise of some science fiction setting, can't recall which one though
>>65247348Question, do units take donations to write things on FPV drones like they would with artillery shells?
>>65247570Ukrainian drone operators now have a point system for kills.
>>65250547>war but it's mostly just drones vs drones in no man's land until one side runs out of money>think of how many lives could be savednone because when one side runs out, the drones kill them directly>>65251777>I KNOW this is the premise of some science fiction setting, can't recall which one thoughGitS:SAC had an arc called Sustainable War which was sort of this thing but with humans (and bots like tachikomas).
>>65251870They've had that for some time now
>>65247348
built for big TM-62 cock
>>65252184Didn't they leave all of these out in the field to be reclaimed a month later?
>>65248136The world is full of heavy metal deposits, the chinks have just been undercutting via currency devaluation due to their population boom to gain a global monopoly so they can later exploit it and also use it as leverage during the crash
>>65247567>obviously, combined unmaned systems warfareSweet AF
>>65252184Most of those taken out originally were from helicopters iirc.
The problem with rare earths is nobody wants to extract them, but just the chinks so, and that's poisoning their own country.
>>65247567Underrated clip
>>65252955>That picrelTom Clancy, go fuck yourself.
>65252184Oh you’re bringing out that pic again? Moscow getting fucked must have hurt you bad.
>>65247348KojiGOD was right all along...
>>65253085When is Zelensky going to become a cyborg.
>>65253085When do we start putting in cow brains into UGVs?
>>65251777Total Annihlation.
>>65252942>The world is full of heavy metal deposits, the chinks have just been undercutting via currency devaluationThat and they don't give a shit about the environment in the mining towns where the stuff is refined.Don't look up Inner Mongolian cancer rates around Baotou.
>>65251425>Duskers 2Oh, neat!>rescuing human survivorsThat makes me nervous, though. Undermining the isolation means that they're going to have to completely redo the vibe.
>>65252942>>65253370What's the deal anyways with the Yuan?
>>65254119>What's the deal anyways with the Yuan?It's an artificially pegged currency that is always worth just the right amount to make exports to the US profitable and imports un/less profitable.
>>65247348The future of UGVs are mechas. Semi-autonomous highly mobile mechas. With a thick ass cord attached at their back.